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  • Mikeska, Mitch,
     
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  • Bronze Center,
     
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  • Figure male -- Full length
     
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  • Occupation -- Other
     
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  • Equestrian
     
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  • Western
     
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  • Dress -- Accessory
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Mason
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    Cattlemen, Cowboys, and Drovers, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Mikeska, Mitch, sculptor.
    Bronze Center, founder.
    Title: 
    Cattlemen, Cowboys, and Drovers, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1986. Copyrighted 1986.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 51 x 27 x 42 in.; Base: approx. 50 x 34 x 57 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper right of bronze base:) Mitch Mikeska (copyright symbol) 1986 (On back of bronze base:) Bronze Center (On plaque on side of base, raised:) DEDICATED TO/THE CATTLEMEN, COWBOYS AND DROVERS/OF MASON COUNTY/JUNE 6, 1986/CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE NAME OF THE FOLLOWING WERE RECEIVED:/(list of names in three columns follows) (On plaque on back of base, raised:) DONATED BY/THE CAPITOL GRANITE/AND MARBLE COMPANY/AUSTIN,TEXAS signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A cowboy sits on a horse, with his proper right hand resting on the back end of the horse, while his proper left hand grips the reins in front of him. His upper body is turned toward the proper right side. He wears chaps, boots spurs, a hat and a bandanna.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Cowboy
    Equestrian
    Western
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Mason
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Mason County Commissioners Court, Mason, Texas
    Located Mason County Courthouse, Mason, Texas
    Remarks: 
    Donated by the Capitol Granite and Marble Company (Austin, Texas). Executed as a 1986 Sesquicentennial project by Mason County Sesquicentennial Committee from Mason County Historical Commission.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS TX000531
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